Survey of hepatitis viruses in blood donor in blood transfusion center in -Al–Diwaniyah

Abstract

The present study was done to survey the hepatitis infection in the main blood transfusion center in - Diwaniyah during 2019-2020,the ages of donors were 20-63. The sample of blood were drawn from donors 5ml by vein puncture using disposable syringes and the serum was separated by centrifuged. the detection of Hepatitis B virus and HCV by using HbsAg ELISA kit and Anti HCV antibody for detect hepatitis B and C respectively. The the study was included 27312 donor. The percentage of hepatitis viruses was 0.1% from all donor. The percentage of Hepatitis B and C the percentage of hepatitis B infection from total infection is 70% while, its percentage from all donor about 0.076.Hepatitis C infection 9 infection the percentage 30% while its percentage from all donor about 0.032. The percentage of Hepatitis B and C from 30 hepatitis infections was 70% and 30% respectively. The age of donor was was divided into five groups as 20-69 years. The percentage of infection was higher in age 40-49 and the percentage was 40 %,while the distribution of infection in age 20-29 and 50-59 was 20% the percentage of infection in age 30-39 was 16.6% and 3.33 in age 60-69 Also the research was studied blood group by agglutination method and found that A group and O group higher than other groups. The conclusion of this study the HBV more common than other and most patients in A groups.